Was prefacing the name with the descriptor "blind" a Southern custom, or was it just that the music was rooted in the South and that's why the custom attached to the music?

I guess I'm asking was that descriptor and other disability descriptors used as nicknames in everyday life in the late 19th century, early 20th century South or elsewhere in the United States?

I know that skin color descriptors were used in everyday life among Black Americans and non-Black Americans were transferred to stage names. For instance, Speckled Red was the stage name for African American boogie woogie piano player and singer Rufus Perryman (October 23, 1892 - January 2, 1973), born in Monroe, Louisiana. Perryman was an albino as was his piano playing brother who was known as Piano Red.

But the descriptor "Red" was also used by the Anglo-American comedian, actor, artist, writer Red Skelton who received that name as a child because of his red hair.

Perhaps-in the case of giving the nickname "Red" because of hair color- the gender of the person at least partly determined if the nickname "Red" was seen as having any negative connotations. Lucille Ball not withstanding, it seems to me there are alot of negative stereotypes associated with red haired women.

I don't think that the nickname "Red" has any gender biases for Black women. Actually, I can't think of any examples of females who were/are given this nickname. Instead, some very light skin Black females were/are given the nickname "Pinky". But, again, I don't think this was a put down nickname, but that is probably because of the positive connotations that light skin had {has?} among quite a number of African Americans.

So, I'm not sure if these relatively off the cuff comments have anything to do with whether the word "Blind" had any negative or postive connotations when it was used in early 20th century stage names.

One thing I feel very certain of is that using the word "Blind" in a stage name nowadays would not be favorably accepted by most Americans {United States}